看在你的份上，我但愿他们是对的。

I wish for your sake they were right.

youdao

如果你父母认为你比他们聪明，他们是对的。

Your parents are right if they think you are smarter than them.

youdao

我知道他们是对的。我的生活需要一些重大的改变。

I knew they were right. I needed some big changes in my life.

youdao

They are trained and have an interest in modern poetry, and this is a happy collaboration for me with them.

他们非常有经验，并且对现代诗歌也有所涉猎，对我而言，能和他们一起工作是很令人开心的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

and to be interested and to be inspired in issues, basically beyond England, in places like Africa,

激发他们对这些问题的兴趣，基本上，大多是在英格兰之外的地方，比如非洲，

创造美丽的世界 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Part of that is the elimination of small words, "the," "and"; the abbreviation of certain words, "your" to "yr."

他们语言的一部分是对小词的省略，如“这“，“和“，和一些词的缩写“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选